Friday, January 5, 2018

We Do No Have Freewill - Draft Proof

The fact that we can control or guide our own or others' behavior.

We want to quit smoking or eating high calorie diet 
We want to quit being nasty to our pesky neighbor. 
We successfully take up a new year resolution

In any example where we start with a resolution and control ourselves or others to change behavior - this is an example of presence of free will. 

When we start with a conscious and not so easy goal and work towards the goal and achieve it, we definitely believe in our free will and in our ability to achieve what we set out to.  


In order to prove the absence of freewill we have to prove that the goal itself didn't come from freewill. Then the goal is like wanting to eat or to procreate - a goal that is set by our subconscious to ourselves over which we don't have control. That we want to do MBBS or want to create the world 100m sprint record - how did we get those goals? Why did we set ourselves such goals? What were we thinking when we set such goals? 

What about goals that we follow that someone else set for us. 

Can you climb that peak? 
Can you go hungry for 4 days? 
Can you win the wrestling championship as in the movie Sultan?
Can you improve ghee to 40:1?
You have to study in IIT


When we are given such challenges who decides (which part of our mind ) yes we want to take up? 

The question I have is about our goals and our responses to those goals. In that context do we have freewill? 

Additional Reading:https://amp.theguardian.com/science/2015/mar/19/do-your-genes-determine-your-entire-life

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